Pakistan: Journalist Shot Dead in Karachi
New Delhi: A journalist associated with the TV channel of Pakistan was shot dead by armed robbers during an alleged snatching bid in Karachi’s North Nazimabad area on Friday morning.
According to the media report, the private TV channel’s senior producer Athar Mateen was assassinated at the main thoroughfare in North Nazimabad while he was on his way back home after dropping his children to school.
A police officer quoted the initial investigation as revealing that the victim sensed danger after spotting a motorbike approaching him, and he accelerated his car and hit the bikers. “They fell off the motorbike and in reaction, opened fire on the man and fled,” police said.
However, the officer said some eyewitnesses claimed that the armed men were robbing the victim of his valuables and upon resistance, they shot him dead. The body of the victim was taken to the nearest hospital for medico-legal formalities.
The gunmen also left their motorbike on the spot after it reportedly developed some fault and made off after snatching another bike from a citizen on the crime scene, the Police added.
Police said the police were investigating the case from all aspects.
The report also said that Pakistan is one of the countries, where violence against journalists is increasing and not even a single murderer has been brought to justice.
(_Vinayak)
